Do your employees get consistently recognized at work?

Posted March 24th at 7:00pm

I am by no means an expert in the
topic of employee recognition. I don’t know everything there is to know about
appreciating staff, nor do I try to promote myself as a people motivator. What
I am finding in my readings, in my research and in discussions with people
managers is that everyone has a different view on ways to recognize staff at
the workplace and what I am realizing is that there is really no one true way
to accomplish this properly. What I now believe to be true is that every
workplace is very different and staff themselves are inherently motivated in
different ways. Employees have different intrinsic reasons that make them perform
at work each day. In addition, the environments and people around them
influence a person’s work ethic, and how much someone excels in the workplace
may in fact be brought on by what their superior does to acknowledge their
accomplishments through positive recognition and rewards.

I started MyStaffBox.com for
two reasons. Number one is that there was no subscription-based service on the
market that I came across targeting people managers that allowed for a
convenient way to purchase products that they could hand out on a regular basis
to appreciate, recognize and as a result motivate their staff. For all you
readers out there that think this is just another quick-fix solution to a
problem, I’d encourage you to try it before you rule us out. Subscription
models are becoming increasingly popular amongst those of us that live in the
same face-paced world. MyStaffBox.com
puts employees at the top of the list because it’s reoccurring and something that
people managers don’t need to think about and procrastinate. That said, I also
believe that what MyStaffBox.com is
offering may still not be enough when it comes to acknowledging staff, but it
is a sure-fire way of making sure something happens at your office at the
beginning of each quarter, and that’s huge!

The second reason I started MyStaffBox.com
is because people like gifts. I use the word “gifts” very loosely because we
are NOT a promotional merchandise or rewards company - far from it in
fact. Besides the products that arrive quarterly (by the way when you subscribe
you get to choose if you want to hand out the same items or a variety of items
to your staff), we also provide tips, advice, and ideas for people mangers who
want to work other recognition techniques into their day to day operations more
regularly.

Let’s face it, there are somewhere around 260 working days a year and
if you take a moment to think about how many hours in those days are spent
telling and showing your staff how great they are and that their work is
appreciated, you’d likely be disappointed in yourself. Is MyStaffBox.com the answer to proper
employee recognition? I’ll be the first to say no, but it is a vehicle to get
the ball rolling and we make sure you are reminded every quarterly or bi-annually that it’s
time to do something good for your staff.